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C. 40.—For three and twenty years, in patience,

Coniiict, hope, and final triumph,

Did this Man of God receive

And teach the Message of the Most High.

It came, like the fruit of the soul’s own yearning,

To teach profound spiritual truths,

Answer questions, appeal to men

In their doubts and fears, help and put heart

In them in moments of trial, and ordain

For them laws by which they could live

In society lives of purity goodness and peace.

C 41.—These messages came as inspiration

To Muhammad as the need arose,

On different occasions and in different places:

He recited them, and they were recorded

By the Pen: they were imprinted on his heart

And mind, and on the memory

Of his loving disciples: as the body

Of sacred Scripture grew, it was arranged

For purposes of public prayer and reading:

This is the Book, or the Reading, or the Qur'ān.